Geography Unit 2: Natural Hazards

Question 1

what type of volcano is Eyjafjallajokull

Answer 1

composite

Question 2

where is Eyjafjallajokull

Answer 2

Iceland

Question 3

What is a natural hazard

Answer 3

Natural hazards: extreme natural events that can cause loss of life,
extreme damage to property and disrupt human activities.

Question 4

what are the natural hazards?

Answer 4

Volcanic eruption, Tsunami, Earthquake, Tropical Storm

Question 5

what is a plate boundary

Answer 5

• The Earth’s crust is broken up into tectonic plates.
• These can be:
• Continental- found under land masses
• Oceanic- found under the ocean
• Where two plates meet is called a plate boundary.
• Tectonic plates move due to convection (heat) currents in the mantle.
• Plates can move in different directions resulting in different types of
plate boundaries

Question 6

what are the three types of plate boundary?

Answer 6

Constructive, destructive, and conservative

Question 7

When did the Haiti earthquake occur?

Answer 7

4:53 pm Tuesday the 12th of January 2010.

Question 8

why did the Haiti earthquake occur

Answer 8

Caused by the North American Plate
sliding past the Caribbean Plate at a
conservative plate margin.

Question 9

When did the New Zealand earthquake occur?

Answer 9

12:51 pm Tuesday the 22th of

February 2011.

Question 10

why did the New Zealand earthquake occur?

Answer 10

It was caused by the movement of
the Pacific plate subducting below
the Australian plate.

Question 11

What is a volcano?

Answer 11

• A volcano is an opening in the Earth’s crust that

allows magma, hot ash and gases to escape.

Question 12

What are Pyroclastic flows?

Answer 12

Hot avalanches of rock, ash, and gas that travel down volcano
slopes at high speeds. They may be very dangerous close to a
volcano.